These rules apply to Australian cases. To cite foreign or international cases, See Part IV: International Materials; See part V: Foreign Domestic Materials
Always use the authorised report where available (judgments reproduced in an authorised report have been approved by a judge or their associate)
See page 59 for a table of abbreviations of judicial officers in Australia
R v Schelvis (2016) 263 A Crim R 1. [case organised by volume]
Waddy v Rabba [1982] Qd R 20. [case organised by year]
R v Visconti [1982] 2 NSWLR 104. [case organised by year where report has more than one volume per year]
Brown v Tasmania (2017) 261 CLR 328. [no pinpoint]
Brown v Tasmania (2017) 261 CLR 328, 335. [pinpointing to a page]
Brown v Tasmania (2017) 261 CLR 328, 328. [pinpointing to the first page]
Brown v Tasmania (2017) 261 CLR 328, 335–8. [pinpointing to a span of pages, 335 through to 338]
Brown v Tasmania (2017) 261 CLR 328, 335–42. [pinpointing to a span of pages, 335 through to 342]
Brown v Tasmania (2017) 261 CLR 328, 335, 338. [pinpointing to pages 335 and 338, but not 336 or 337]
Brown v Tasmania (2017) 261 CLR 328, 345 [25]. [pinpointing to a page and paragraph]
Brown v Tasmania (2017) 261 CLR 328, 345 [25]–[28]. [pinpointing to a span of paragraphs on a single page]
Brown v Tasmania (2017) 261 CLR 328, 345–6 [25]–[32]. [pinpointing to a span of paragraphs over a span of pages]
Brown v Tasmania (2017) 261 CLR 328, 345 [25], 346 [32]. [pinpointing to 2 paragraphs on two different pages]
Moroccanoil Israel Ltd v Aldi Foods Pty Ltd (2017) AIPC ¶92-533. [CCH case using a unique reference number in place of starting page, no pinpoint]
Moroccanoil Israel Ltd v Aldi Foods Pty Ltd (2017) AIPC ¶92-533, 38291. [CCH case with pinpoint]
Palmer v Ayres [2017] HCA 5. [decision with a medium neutral citation]
Ross v Chambers (Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, Kriewaldt J, 5 April 1956). [decision without a medium neutral citation]
Blundell v Queensland Building and Construction Commission [2018] QSC 58. [no pinpoint]
Blundell v Queensland Building and Construction Commission [2018] QSC 58, [20]. [pinpoint]
Blundell v Queensland Building and Construction Commission [2018] QSC 58, [20]–[23]. [pinpointing to a span of paragraphs]
Blundell v Queensland Building and Construction Commission [2018] QSC 58, [20], [23]. [pinpointing to paragraphs 20 and 23, but not 21 or 22]
Administrative decisions and determinations (including those of tribunals) should be cited in the same way as reported or unreported cases, with a few exceptions, including:
AAT Case 7422 (1991) 22 ATR 3450.
Re Nguyen and Migration Agents Registration Authority [2012] AATA 925.
Refer to Reported cases and Unreported cases for pinpoint examples.
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